SING Vocabulary List

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on the SING lecture notes, covering terms, parts of speech, and definitions.

Inexorable

(Adjective) Continuing without any possibility of being stopped.

Transfixed

(Verb) To cause someone or something to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment.

Goad

(Verb) provoke or annoy so as to stimulate some action or reaction.

Grimace

(Noun) A twisted or distorted facial expression that typically conveys pain, disgust, or disapproval.

Raucous

(Adjective) Unpleasantly loud and harsh; wild behavior: noisy, disorderly, rowdy.

Thwart

(Verb) To successfully oppose or defeat the hopes or aspirations of someone.

Mulish

(Adjective) Extremely stubborn.

Brevity

(Noun) A short duration; brief or concise in expression.

Frivolous

(Adjective) Silly, light-hearted, or lacking in serious purpose; not as important.

Lurid

(Adjective) Something that is vividly detailed and shockingly or sensational in someway.